Our bright orange box starts in Montana.

We source our chickpeas primarily from Central Montana. One of our core partners is Flat Acre Farms, a fifth-generation family-farm in Chester, Montana that’s owned and operated by Tyler and Jill Streit, who we’ve worked with for the past 7 years.

Tyler’s great-grandparents started farming in the early 1900s. They were solely growing wheat and barley until Jill and Tyler took over the farm in 2008. They were looking for a way to conserve moisture in the soil, so they added pulses like peas and lentils into their crop rotation, which reduced their dependency on some chemical practices, increased the diversity of their crop rotation, and aided in their path to improving soil health. They incorporated chickpeas to the rotation in 2010.

Today, the Streits grow 19 different crop varieties, including chickpeas, lentils and peas, and are encouraging other farmers to incorporate legumes into their rotations, too.

Our chickpea lifecycle

Seeding

In the spring, our farmers plant chickpea seeds that eventually grow into bushy plants with fern-like leaves and small flowers. These small flowers eventually produce stubby pods that contain 1-2 seeds (or what we call chickpeas!).

Harvest

After a few months of growing, chickpeas are ready to harvest. We have close partnerships with our farmers which allows us to work together to introduce fewer chemicals into our supply chain. As of August 2024, all of our chickpea suppliers have committed to harvesting without the use of glyphosate and other pesticides - a practice known as desiccation.

Processing

After harvest, we send our chickpeas to a processing center – one of them being Stricks Ag, which was co-founded by our Montana-based farmers Tyler and Jill. This is where the chickpeas are cleaned, sorted, tested and organized for delivery.

Testing our chickpeas for pesticide residue is a critical part of our process. Our first tests happen at this stage to ensure our chickpeas are up to standards before we turn them into delicious foods.

Manufacturing

Now, our ingredients head to Virginia Park, our manufacturing plant in Riverside, California. Fun fact: Our co-founder Brian named the plant after the street he lived on when he made the original chickpea pasta recipe!

We have a special and dedicated team of people who put great pride and care into creating our pasta, with a constant focus on improvement.

Quality and Safety Testing

We believe you have a right to know what’s in your food. All of our pasta, pizza and mac & cheese products are CleanScan Certified by The Detox Project, which verifies they were tested for glyphosate and 400+ pesticides and showed non-detectable results.

Shipped to you!

The pasta then gets packaged on site into our bright orange box and heads to grocery stores near you!